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sec·ond·ly | \ ˈse-kən(d)-lē 
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\Definition of secondly
: in the second place
For one, the process required considerable hand labor; secondly, it was difficult to control in large format…— Naomi Rosenblum
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The first known use of secondly was in the 14th century
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